The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, 1) Paperback – August 4, 2015 by N. K. Jemisin

Description

Author: Jemisin N. K.

Brand: Orbit

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• Orbit

Package Dimensions: 39x210x430

Number Of Pages: 512

Release Date: 04-08-2015

Details: Product description
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS AGAIN Three terrible things happen in a single day Essun masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter Mighty Sanze the empire whose innovations have been civilizations bedrock for a thousand years collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madmans vengeance And worst of all across the heartland of the worlds sole continent a great red rift has been been torn which spews ash enough to darken the sky for years Or centuries But this is the Stillness a land long familiar with struggle and where orogenes – those who wield the power of the earth as a weapon – are feared far more than the long cold night Essun has remembered herself and she will have her daughter back She does not care if the world falls apart around her Essun will break it herself if she must to save her daughter The first novel in a new series by award winning author N K Jemisin where a mother struggles to find her daughter in a post-apocalpytic world
Review
“Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold.”―
Entertainment Weekly

“Intricate and extraordinary.”―
The New York Times

“[
The Fifth Season is] an ambitious book, with a shifting point of view, and a protagonist whose full complexity doesn’t become apparent till toward the end of the novel. … Jemisin’s work itself is part of a slow but definite change in sci-fi and fantasy.”―
Guardian

“Astounding… Jemisin maintains a gripping voice and an emotional core that not only carries the story through its complicated setting, but sets things up for even more staggering revelations to come.”―
NPR Books

“Jemisin’s graceful prose and gritty setting provide the perfect backdrop for this fascinating tale of determined characters fighting to save a doomed world.”―
Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“A must-buy…breaks uncharted ground.”―
Library Journal (starred review)

“Jemisin might just be the best world builder out there right now…. [She] is a master at what she does.” ―
RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)

“The Fifth Season is a powerful, epic novel of discovery, pain, and heartbreak…. It is a novel that demands much of its readers; it rewards them aplenty and is one of those novels that becomes more powerful after deep consideration and subsequent readings.”―
SFF World

“This is an intense, exciting novel, where survival is always on the line, set in a fascinating, original and dangerous world with an intriguing mystery at the heart of it. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book!”―
Martha Wells

“Brilliant…gorgeous writing and unexpected plot twists.”―
Washington Post

“[A]ngrily, beautifully apocalyptic.”―
B&N.com

“Heartbreaking, wholly unexpected, and technically virtuosic,
The Fifth Season is a tour-de-force. I felt every shock–and the book is packed with them–in my marrow. It’s no exaggeration to say that Jemisin expands the range of what great fantasy can be.”―
Brian Staveley, author of The Emperor’s Blades

“With every new work, Jemisin’s ability to build worlds and break hearts only grows.”―
Kirkus (starred review)